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There was little question about whether Gov. Tina Kotek would sign House Bill 4002, which overwhelmingly passed the Legislature last week. The governor’s announcement that she would sign the bill late Thursday brings certainty to the reality that Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment is over.
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Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek is hellbent on building more housing and willing to defy conservationists who have long backed her by giving cities a one-time chance to bypass the state’s land use laws to build housing faster.
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Oregon lawmakers convene in Salem next week for the 2024 legislative session. Measure 110 reform and housing are on the agenda.
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The subject is expected to be a flash point in this year’s legislative session.
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After a roughly four-year hiatus, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she’s reviving a task force dedicated to inventorying Native American items in state and public collections across Oregon, via executive order.
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Once considered one of the most progressive legislative leaders in the country, Kotek has spent the last year preaching pragmatism over ideology. She's called for loosening the state’s vaunted land-use policies, sent more police to the city of Portland, touted the need for tighter drug laws, passed major business subsidies, and called for a freeze on taxes.
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Whoever Gov. Kotek appoints to the job will be in the middle of intense water conflicts worsened by drought, climate change and development.
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The state will send a jaw-dropping $5.6 billion back to taxpayers next year, ratcheting up pressure on a policy voters love.
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During her visit to Lane County, Gov. Tina Kotek said she has been closely watching the closure of Eugene’s only hospital, PeaceHealth University District.
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Gov. Tina Kotek ended her listening tour of Oregon’s 36 counties Thursday by visiting communities in Lane County impacted by the 2020 Labor Day Wildfires.
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Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order Tuesday that forgives unpaid traffic fees and court fines for about 10,000 people so they can get their driver’s license reinstated.
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Gov. Tina Kotek said Tuesday she plans to spearhead a statewide conversation over how to address the myriad of systemic challenges plaguing the state’s public school system.